COMMENTS:On Highway 395 just south of
Ridgecrest, Semi-ghost. Great article on Randsburg.REMAINS: A
few remanants, and a few residents.

No mine in recent history has been plagued
by more legal problems than the Rand mine. First discovered in
1895 by three prospectors who had spent time in the Mojave and
Death Valley area with little to show for it, the find created
a rush to the area despite the merciless heat and the absence
of available water. The mine's legal problems started with two
of the original owners agreeing to sell a half interest to an
investor as a means of raising cash to construct a mill. The
third original owner did not agree and set off a round of legal
problems that lasted well into the 1920s. However, the original
three owners had by 1897 received some $250,000 for two years
work. Eventually, revenues would amount to over $25 million from
the Randsburg mines. Submitted by Henry Chenowith.